Coleoptera /row the Sej/chellcn hlaiulii, S,c. 43'> 



conlifonn, diluted in tlio luiiKllo mid nearly 

 Hat nljovi'. Klytm innrKed with a luscoua 

 liiteriil strine. Hody above with erect hairs. 



Antouuiu ciliated bt-neath ,'{. 7. seychellarum. 



b. Piolliorax naifli longer than broad, quite 

 cylindrical, nut luirrowed at base, ilodv 

 without erect hnirs above. Antennnc not 

 ciliated 4. I. femora (loti. 



17. Ohrium nit'idlcollc, sp. n. (PI. XIII. fig. 7.) 



Yellowish-testaceous, a broad stripe on eaeh side of tlie 

 ))rotliorax and five S|)ots (one sutural l)efore middle, one 

 iiiinieral, and one discal beliind middle) on the elytra 

 fnscons-hrown ; the elytral spots often more or less obsolete ; 

 liead sloped in fronts subnitid, the elypeus limited above by 

 a rather deep, straight groove; antenna? longer than the 

 body in both sixes, tincly pubescent without erect hairs, 

 third and fourth joints shortly ciliated below, first joint 

 clavate, third joint a little longer than the fourth, joints 

 5-8 ecjually long, eaeh longer than the third, joints 9-11 

 gradually slightly diminishing in length ; prothorax very 

 elongate, more than twice as long as broad at the base, 

 nearly cylindrical, a little narrower at base than at apex, 

 with the sides slightly convex in the middle between the 

 transverse grooves, apical groove obsolete above, basal 

 groove narrow, curved above in tlie middle; the whole 

 pronotum shining, naked, impnnetate, and smooth without 

 elevations ; elytra parallel-i«ided, rounded at the ajjex, 

 naked, shining, distinctly punctate from base to middle or 

 a little beyond the middle, the i)unctnres arranged in rows 

 or nearly so; femora subniiid, naked, gradually and slightly 

 clavate, hind femora not reaching the apex of the elytra; 

 tibiae with very short erect hairs; fir^t j(jint of hind tarsi 

 as long as the second and third united. Length 5-0 mm. 



Since the front coxae are exscrted and the last joint of the 

 ])alpi snbcyliiidrical, I have referred this small species to 

 UbHum. The longitudinal grooves of the episterna of the 

 metathorax are, hoacvcr, wanting or concealed by the lateral 

 margins of the elytra. 



Loc. Seyclielles : Silhonette, Malie. Silhouette : ^Mare 

 aux Cochons plateau or forest near by, over 1000 feet, 

 ix. 1908, 1 cJ, 1 ?. Mahe : near Morne Blanc, about 

 1000 feet, xi. 1908, 3 J , 2 $ ; Mare aux Cochons district, 

 about 1500 feet, i.-ii. 1909, 1 J from forest of " Bois de 

 Fer " {Vuteria Sei/chel/arum). 



